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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (/ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/; Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا [ˈxebaɾ paxtunˈxwɑ]; Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbəɾ pəxˈtuːnxʷɑː] ⓘ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.
After the end of Durrani rule, modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became part of the Sikh empire, who later lost the territory to the British Empire around 1857, and had ruled until the Indo-Pakistani Independence of 1947. After the independence of Pakistan, the area was renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after widespread petitioning to the Pakistan ...
The list includes the only completely inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol [1] as well as sites which are part of the World Heritage Sites at Taxila.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is located in the northwest region of Pakistan. The province has a varied landscape ranging from rugged mountains and valleys to plain areas and dense agricultural farms. The region is well known for its rich historical background.
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa functions under the provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan (1973). The Province has a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly with 145 elected members, constituent of 115 Regular seats, 26 seats reserved for women and 4 seats for non-Muslims.
Districts have formed an integral part of civil administration in the subcontinent since colonial times. When the North-West Frontier Province (the former name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) formed in November 1901, it was divided into five "settled districts": Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, and Peshawar, and a "trans-border tract" of land which encompassed five "Political Agencies": Khyber ...
This is a list showing the most populous cities in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan.In the following table, you can find each of the 46 cities and towns in the province with populations higher than 30,000 as of March 15, 2017.
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued another notification on 19 July 2018, through this notification all the agencies and frontier regions of Former FATA Region were incorporated into KPK. and renamed as districts and subdivisions respectively. [3]